Luggage-carrier for automobiles.



R. J. HANNI. LUGGAGE CARRIER FOR AUTGMOBILE'S.

APPLICATION HLED'SEPT.29.19H-

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ATTORNEY RUDOLPH J. HANNI, F GOFF, KANSAS.

LUGGAGE'GABRLER FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application tiled September 29, 1917. Serial No. 198,998. I

'1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Ru'oonrn J. mum, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gofi', in the county of Nemaha and State of I Kansas; have invented new and useful Imlprovemhts in Luggage-Carriers for Autoiiiobil'es, of which the following is a specifioation. Y

This invention relates to luggage carriers for'motor vehicles and comprehends more particularly the rovision of a skeleton rack adapted to be etachably supported on a running board of the car.

Another ob'ect of the invention is to rovide a sim is. and inexpensive rack w ich may be quickly attached to and detached from an automobile and which will be foundlvery useful as a carrier for produce of all kinds, grips, lunch baskets and the like.

Thejnven'tion also aims to generally imprqvefaifticles of this nature to render them morepractical, useful andeommereially deni le" 'Withlthese and other objects in view as 2 will beconie'more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combi- "nation and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated and so claimed.

in the drawings,

1 bile s owing the rack secured to the running board. 86 Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view throu h the rack and vehicle showing the attac ment of the rack thereto, and

Fig. 3 is a pe ective view of the rack. Referring in etail-to the drawings by numerals, 1 desi ates a vehicle body, 2 the runnin bee and 3 the running board shield whic may be considered as part of the body. The invention aims to provide a rack 4 of skeleton formation which may be mounted on the running board and detachablyconnected to the shleld and to the running board.

In the preferred construction of the rack or carrier, I provide a plurality of trans verse bars arranged in parallel spaced relation and designated b the numerals 5 and 6. -The outer ends 0 the bars are formed -integlall with vertical side bars 7, 8 as shown. ongitudmal side bars 9 are rivet- 65 ed or otherwise secured to the side bars and serve to hold them in proper spaced rela- 1 is a side elevation of an automo tion. A longitudinal bottom bar 10 is riveted or otherwise secured to the under sides oi the transverse bottom bars and holds the inner ends of the transverse bars 5 and 6 in proper spaced relation. The side bars 7 are formed into lly at their upper ends with arched end are 11 which overlie the transverse bottom bars 5 and which are riveted to the said bottom bars and to the longitudinal bar 10 by the rivets 12. It will e noted that these rivets 12 also serve to secure the bars 5 to the bars 10.

The inner ends of the transverse bottom bars 5 and 6 are formed integrally with u wardly and inwardly inclined tongues 13 w ich are removably inserted in slots 14 formed in the running board shield 3 and which assist in securing the rack to the vehicle.

a further securing means, I provide hooks'15 for engagement with the under side of the running board adjacent to its outer edge. The shanks 16 of the hooks extend upwardly through openings in. the transverse bottom bars 5 and are encircled by expansive helical springs 17 which bear at their 'upperends against the nuts 18 threaded on the shanks. By adj the position of the nuts the traction o the springs may bevaried.

.In positioning the rack on the running b'oard,-it is first tilted to insert the tongue 13 in the slots 14 and then swung to its normal positionafter which the books 15 are brought into engagement with the outer edge of the running board as shown in Fig. 2. The rack is ofsimple and inexpensive construction, may be formed of any suitable material such as the {flat metal strips here shown, andwill prove very useful in the transportation of luggage of all description.

The transverse bars 5 may be provided with additional holes 19 through which the shanks 16 are passed so that the carrier may be accommodated upon difierent widths of runnin boards.

Wh' e I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention,-it will be clearly understood that I do not wish to be limited to this construction, but

may make such chan es as will fall within tom bars, side-bars risin from the outer ends of said bottom bars, ongitudinal bars connectin said bottom and side bars in spaced re ation, tongues formed on the inner ends of the bottom bars for detachable engagement with the vehicle, and means for detachabl fastenin the outer part of the rack to t e outer e go of the running board.

2. A rack for vehicle running boards comprising a plurality of transverse bottom bars side bars formed on the outer terminals 0 said bottom bars, longitudinal bars connecting said bottom bars and side bars in spaced relation, tongues formed on the bottom bars 16 for detachable engagement with the vehicle body, hooks having shanks extending through certain of said bottom bars nuts threaded on the upper terminals of said shanks, springs encircling the shanks and 20 engafiin with said nuts and the bottom bars, sald 00 s being adapted for detachable en- Eagement with the under side of a running oard.

In testimony whereof E alfix my signature. 25

RUDGLPH J. HANNI. 

